''Medionops'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
araneomorph
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spiders in the family
Caponiidae
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, first described by A. Sánchez-Ruiz &
Antônio Domingos Brescovit
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in 2017.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Medionops blades''
Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Colombia
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Medionops cesari''
(Dupérré, 2014) — Ecuador
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Medionops claudiae''
Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Brazil
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Medionops murici''
Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Brazil
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Medionops ramirezi''
Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Brazil
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Medionops simla''
(Chickering, 1967) — Panama, Trinidad
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Medionops tabay''
Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Venezuela
References
Araneomorphae genera
Caponiidae
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